A note on relevance
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: In this paper, I present novel data that challenge the dominant approach to modelling linguistic relevance, according to which a sentence is relevant if and only if it is informative to the Question Under Discussion (QUD). In particular, I show that a sentence can fail to be informative to the QUD and, despite this, still be perceived as relevant. In the final section, I outline the theoretical implications of this finding.
Source: Journal of Semantics
DOI: 10.1093/jos/ffaf013
Author: Diego Feinmann
Institutions: Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $5,137
OpenAlex ID: W7130416440